Fiery full-back Jose Holebas has urged Watford's players to show their anger and frustration more ahead of the weekend's clash with Everton.

The Hornets will still be licking their wounds from a dismal display at West Ham, a game Holebas felt they thought would be easy, and he will not accept that sort of attitude again.

Holebas is certainly one of the more emotional characters in the Watford squad and wears his heart on his sleeve. There was an incident last month at Southampton were he confronted an angry supporter after the FA Cup exit.

He is fully aware that sometimes he goes too far, although his reputation as something of bad boy is perhaps misplaced. Whilst he has been booked 20 times in 67 games for the Hornets, he's only received his marching orders once.

Even though Holebas is an honest interviewee, you feel that at times he is restraining himself from saying more, something that could, perhaps, get him in trouble or upset the dressing room.

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That is not what he wants to do though, he just has an innate desire to win at all costs and sometimes, it's clear, feels like there are members of the Watford squad who do not care as much as he does.

"Maybe they are angry but they are not showing it," he says.

"I think they should show it and sometimes it is better to explode like a bomb, rather than do nothing.

"Sometimes I am a little bit too angry, but that is my way and people need to handle it."

Aside from the flashpoint at Southampton, Holebas' anger was there for all to see when Watford threw away a two-goal lead at Goodison Park in November.

Jose Holebas watches on as Everton begin their comeback against Watford (Getty Images)

Holebas had produced some solid displays at left-back prior to that game, but struggled on Merseyside and lost his place as a result. In truth, a number of players could have been dropped after the capitulation.

Whilst he reflects on that defeat specifically as the return fixture nears and accepts he got carried away on the pitch, there are other games, such as the defeats to Swansea, Crystal Palace and Stoke, that he believes were unacceptable too and still rile him now.

"We have to go into this game like it is our last because when we were at Everton we were 2-0 up and we lost in a way that was unacceptable," Holebas explains.

"I was totally emotional in that game and I think I was a little bit too hard and I was screaming at people.

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"I know how it is when you lose points like that and you see where we could have been. Let’s say we got three or four more wins that is 12 points more."

Watford would be seventh in the table, if that was the case. He continues: "When you are down, you look at Everton, Swansea, Palace and they were easy points normally - Stoke we lost as well and we should not lose.

"That makes me angry and some of our players in the team should show it as well more."

Whilst accepting that sometimes he could rein in his passion slightly, the Greek also knows that it can be a good thing to let the anger out after a poor defeat, such as the West Ham game.

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"This is what I felt was missing a little bit. I hope we have this now, or looking forward we try and change that."

A character who often splits opinion amongst the Vicarage Road faithful, one thing that is for certain is that Holebas will never stop fighting for the shirt.

Sometimes, that will see him lose his cool and pick up silly bookings. But if it inspires his team-mates to dig in deep when they're protecting a lead or find that extra bit of energy that earns Watford three points, even those who find his petulance frustrating will know the value he can bring.